Arts, health & wellbeing: reflections on a national seminar series and building a UK research network

Theo Stickley; Hester Parr; Sarah Atkinson; Norma Daykin; Stephen Clift; Tia De Nora; Sue Hacking; Paul M Camic; Tim Joss; Mike White; Susan J Hogan

doi:10.1080/17533015.2016.1166142

Arts, health & wellbeing: reflections on a national seminar series and building a UK research network

Arts Health. 2017 Jan 2;9(1):14-25. doi: 10.1080/17533015.2016.1166142. Epub 2016 May 10.

Authors

Theo Stickley¹, Hester Parr², Sarah Atkinson³, Norma Daykin⁴, Stephen Clift⁵, Tia De Nora⁶, Sue Hacking⁷, Paul M Camic⁸, Tim Joss⁹, Mike White¹⁰, Susan J Hogan¹¹

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Nottingham , Nottingham , UK.
² School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow , Glasgow , UK.
³ Department of Geography, Durham University , Durham , UK.
⁴ Centre for Arts as Wellbeing, University of Winchester , Winchester , UK.
⁵ Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health, Canterbury Christ Church University , Folkestone , UK.
⁶ SocArts Research Group, University of Exeter , Exeter , UK.
⁷ School of Nursing and Caring Sciences, University of Central Lancashire , Preston , UK.
⁸ Applied Psychology, Canterbury Christ Church University , Tunbridge Wells , UK.
⁹ Aesop , Brize Norton , UK.
¹⁰ Centre for Medical Humanities, Durham University , Durham , UK.
¹¹ College of Health and Social Care, University of Derby , Derby , UK.

Abstract

An account is provided of a UK national seminar series on Arts, Health and Wellbeing funded by the Economic and Social Research Council during 2012-13. Four seminars were organised addressing current issues and challenges facing the field. Details of the programme and its outputs are available online. A central concern of the seminar programme was to provide a foundation for creating a UK national network for researchers in the field to help promote evidence-based policy and practice. With funding from Lankelly Chase Foundation, and the support of the Royal Society for Public Health, a Special interest Group for Arts, Health and Wellbeing was launched in 2015.

Keywords: Arts; health; network; research; wellbeing.